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Kennedy Park & Margdon

Kennedy Park Rd & Margdon Rd · Toronto, Ontario · High Park North · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In High Park North, Kennedy Park & Margdon is a low-volume local intersection. It has Runnymede Station, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
332
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 29, 2012
18 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4874 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Runnymede Station
subway station within 250 m
10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 40 vehicles an hour, 4% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 18 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kennedy Park & Margdon

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
Runnymede Station (Line 2)162 m; High Park Station (Line 2)375 m; Jane Station (Line 2)830 m
TTC bus
77797120330189272655149 nearest 212 m
Express
935
Blue Night
300335
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Glendonwynne Rd / Bloor St W 128 m · 19 docks · 17 stations, 330 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (17)
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 247 m
  • Ursula Franklin AcademyEnglish Public · 463 m
  • The Student SchoolEnglish Public · 488 m
  • Runnymede Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 496 m
  • Western Technical Commercial SchoolEnglish Public · 499 m
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 623 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (28)
  • Kennedy - Margdon Parkette45 m
  • Parkview Gardens Parkette298 m
  • Neil McLellan Park346 m
  • Glenlake Square387 m
  • Bennett Park473 m
  • George Chater Parkette576 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch107 m
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch682 m
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 168 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 30 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 96 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is High Park Villa, 72 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés30 within 300 m · 96 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
High Park Villa · 2140 Bloor St W72 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Dollarama · 2150 Bloor St W, Unit-1a-Bgrocery80 mPassed, Jul 2024
Harvey's · 2150 Bloor St W80 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 2150 Bloor St W80 mPassed, Aug 2026
Brasa Peruvian Kitchen · 2114 Bloor St W94 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Ihalo Krunch · 2114 Bloor St W107 mPassed, May 2026
Wiki Cafe · 2114 Bloor St W107 mPassed, Jul 2026
High Park Espresso · 2133 Bloor St W124 mPassed, May 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is High Park Chess House Washroom, 557 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 485 m away at High Park.

  • High Park Chess House Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    557 m
  • High Park Sport Field Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    682 m
  • High Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Building Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    View facility hours · accessible
    694 m
Drinking water
High Park bottle filling station · 485 m; High Park drinking fountain · 557 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,521 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Humberside Montessori School (247 m, 120 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,521 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 20
  • Humberside Montessori School · 121 Kennedy Ave
    120 spaces · preschool
    247 m
  • La Petite Ecole · 130 Kennedy Ave
    16 spaces · preschool
    289 m
  • The Montessori Schoolhouse · 290 Runnymede Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    317 m
  • Stepping Stones Day Nursery · 342 Runnymede Rd
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    412 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (655 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 267 m away.

FireFire Station 425 · 655 m83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 2.3 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 267 m9 Clendenan Ave

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

36 registered apartment buildings with 4,968 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2001 Bloor St W (174 m, 60 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 60 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 4,968 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202660 across the 36
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2001 Bloor St W · Travi Inc.604193094 · Jul 20260174 m
2010 Bloor St W · Advent Property Management Services243192989 · Nov 20250269 m
117 Runnymede Rd424192790 · Aug 20261299 m
111 Runnymede Rd164196088 · Aug 20261 · 1 fire314 m
109 Runnymede Rd113195287 · Jul 20240324 m
1950 Bloor St W · Trivest Developments Corporation164194091 · Jul 20260468 m
1942 Bloor St W · Trivest Developments Corporation164194091 · Jul 20260487 m
55 Quebec Ave · GWLRA Residential26425202092 · Jul 20242526 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots513 lots · ≈20,660 spaces · 62 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈570 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,157 spaces
EV charging (City)115 High Park Avenue · 738 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking74 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 78 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface192 m5665% (Q1 2026)
265 Durie St · Surface510 m14470% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface734 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface836 m14458% (Q1 2026)
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface1.1 km9552% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 115 m away, ≈5 spaces; 124 m away, ≈9 spaces; 152 m away, ≈64 spaces (Green P); 158 m away, ≈9 spaces; 162 m away, ≈100 spaces; 189 m away, ≈8 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 265 Armadale Ave (756 m, 9 ports); 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.1 km, 2 ports); 64 Annette St (1.5 km, 2 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 8-hour, Feb 29, 2012

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The west leg carries the load — 164 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 42. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 57 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 24% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (46). Trucks and buses were 9.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north42southbound · 1 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the west164eastbound · 0 bikes · 6.7% heavy
Total vehicles33218 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 9.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south126northbound · 0 bikes · 15.1% heavy
AM peak hour46 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour57 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 29, 2012

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

The City's counter on Kennedy Park Rd between Bloor St W and Kennedy - Margdon Parkette Trl (98 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Runnymede Rd (360 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.0% of the 50,493 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kennedy Park Rd · Bloor St W – Kennedy - Margdon Parkette Trl · 98 mNov 2019 · 2 days56527 km/h35 km/h40 km/h

School-zone speed sign 360 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 45 km/h
Over the limit18%
50 km/h or more4.0%

Runnymede Rd (northbound), 327/329 Runnymede Rd · 50,493 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2017 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jul 23, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4874 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20148latest Jul 23, 2025

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 20, 2024. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see High Park North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kennedy Park & Margdon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Kennedy Park & Margdon?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 29, 2012, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kennedy Park & Margdon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kennedy Park Rd between Bloor St W and Kennedy - Margdon Parkette Trl (November 2019), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 360 m away (40 km/h), 4.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kennedy Park & Margdon?

The nearest Green P car park is 255 Kennedy Ave (192 m away, 56 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 513 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,660 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 115 High Park Avenue (738 m).

How do I get to Kennedy Park & Margdon by transit?

Runnymede Station (Line 2) is 162 m away; bus routes 77, 79, 71, 203, 30, 189, 27, 26 and 3 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Kennedy Park & Margdon?

30 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 96 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are High Park Villa (72 m), Harvey's (80 m), Tim Hortons (80 m), Brasa Peruvian Kitchen (94 m) and Ihalo Krunch (107 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Kennedy Park & Margdon?

The nearest is High Park Chess House Washroom, 1873 Bloor St W, 557 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Sport Field Washroom (682 m); High Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Building Washroom (694 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Kennedy Park & Margdon?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,521 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Humberside Montessori School (247 m, 120 spaces), La Petite Ecole (289 m, 16 spaces) and The Montessori Schoolhouse (317 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kennedy Park & Margdon?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,968 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2001 Bloor St W (174 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2010 Bloor St W (269 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 117 Runnymede Rd (299 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 111 Runnymede Rd (314 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 92 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Kennedy Park & Margdon?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the High Park North page.

What neighbourhood is Kennedy Park & Margdon in?

Kennedy Park & Margdon is in High Park North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 088). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined